Miter-box.



L. W. NACE & E. J. FINK.

MITER BOX.

APPLIICATION man S.EPT.12. 1911.

I 1,257,999. Patented Feb,19,1918.

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L. W. NACE & E. J. FINK.

MITER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I2I I91 I.

1125?,099. Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

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L. w. NA-CE & E. 1 FINK. IVIITER BOX.

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NACE AND EDGAR J, FINK, 0F HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA.

MITER-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

Application filed September 12, 1917. Serial No. 191,001.

To all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEVI W. NAcn and EDGAR J. FINK, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Hanover, in the county of York and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Miter Boxes,of which specification.

This invention relates to improvements in miter boxes, the object of theinvention being to provide an improved miter box having an adjustablesaw guide which may be readily arranged and secured at any desiredangle, to enable any desired saw out to be made; another object of theinvention being to provide an improved miter box which embodies meanstorclamping the work and holding the same securely while being sawed; afurther object being to provide an improved miter box of this characterwhich is cheap and simple in construction, is strong and durable, whichis very compact and which can be readily arranged for use on a workbench or other like support.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan of a miter boxconstructed and arranged in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same on theplane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is a vertical transverse sectional view on the plane indicatedby the line 4-4: of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detailed elevation of the saw guide and its segment base.

Fig. 6 is a detailed sectional view on the plane indicated by the line5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of our improved miter box.

2 In the embodiment of our invention we provide a base box 1 which isopen on the under side and comprises a top 2 and vertical side walls 3.The base box is adapted to be secured on a work bench or the like and tobe arranged over the work as shown, a board, constituting the work,being indicated at a. The base box is open at the ends so that the workcan be arranged therein and moved longitudinally.

To enable the base box to be secured on the bench the same 1s providedwith points the following is a,

t which are pivotally secured on the outer sides of the .walls 3 bymeans of screws 5 and which can be arranged in vertical position, toextend below the walls and in the bench or can be turned upwardlyagainst the wall out of the way. When the points are in bench engagingposition they are se-' cured to the walls by screws 6 in addition to thepivot screws 5. The walls of the base box are also provided with eyes 7which projeet outwardly therefrom and through which nails or the like,as at 8, may be driven into the bench. I

One end of the top of the base box projects longitudinally beyond theside walls as at 10 and is mitered on opposite sides as at 11. A sawguide 12 is provided on one side with a semi-circular or segment baseportion 13 which bears on the extension 10 and is pivoted as at 14, thepivot 14 being here shown as a bolt which also secures the outer end ofan arm 15. The said arm bears on the segmental base of the saw guide andthe inner end of the said arm bears directly on the top of the base boxas at 16 and is secured thereto as by means of screws 17. The segmentalbase of the saw guide is provided with a scale 18 indicating degrees andis also provided at suitable points with spaced openings 19. A clampingscrew 20 extends through the arm 15 and may be caused to bear againstthe segmental base of the saw guide to secure the saw guide in adjustedposition. A dog 21 is pivotally connected to the inner end of the arm 15as at 22 and is provided at its outer end with a point 23 which operatesin an opening 24 in the arm and may be engaged in any one of theopenings 19 of the saw guide to secure the latter at any desiredadjusted position. A spring 25 is arranged on the pivot 22 and with itsarms or ends respectively engaging the dog and the top of the base box,the said spring exerting its tension to nor mally hold the dog inengaged position.

The saw guide with its segmental base is made of a single piece of sheetor plate metal. and comprises an inverted U-shaped portion 26 the arms27, 28 of which are united at their upper ends by diametrically enlargedeyes 29 as shown. The eyes constitute springs which tend to move thearms 27, 28 toward each other to cause the arms to bear snugly againstopposite sides of the saw and to hold the latter straight while beingused to make it cut. The arms of the frictionally engage the saw.

31 of suitable shape and dimensions, to ex- 'JPOSBI the" work andatopposite. sides of the base boX and near one end of said opening areupwardly extending higS 'SQ in which-a screw 33 is mounted and has itsbearings. The QscfeW is provided at one end" with} a hand-"wheel Blandh'a's'a Stop collar 35 at the opppsite ei'id. e'lanipin'g ai'i'n'36' forengag ng ene side 6f the work is provided with a ihead ywhi'enhae threadd The top of the base box has an opening e h v tlifs. mesmeefthe basebox asshdf niin We would have it understoodthat changes -may be made inthe form, proportion and construction of the several parts, withoutdeparting from the spirit of our invention and within the scopeof theappended claim.

v Having thns described our invention, we clann: V e V A, miter boxhaWmgaL hollow base are lra'nge'dto receive the'woi'k therein an'dalsoprovided-Wuh n opening,'"a clamping sore-w mounted on the base" and, aclamping rm e j extending through said o ening and into the hollow" base'to "engage the work; Said clampin'g arm'liavinga hea'den'gaged bythesci'ew. 'jueted "by turnin the screw to cause i the v In testimonywhereof we afiix ourf'si gna JEDGARIFJI'FINK.

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